tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81309212162158425582018-10-31T14:06:16.220-07:00Ten Thousand TreesBig trees, Tall trees, Old trees, Unique trees, Amazing trees, Fat trees, Rare trees, Special trees, Historical trees...Dannoreply@blogger.comBlogger117125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8130921216215842558.post-75991844033140516972008-06-10T00:49:00.000-07:002011-04-04T01:01:59.715-07:00The 12 Most Magnificent Trees in the WorldInspired by a similar blog post about 10 Magnificent trees that has been widely propagated around the blogsphere I decided to put together my own list of great trees of renown that I believe is more accurate than the above mentioned post. I had a hard time keeping the list to ten and ended up expanding it to twelve with some runner-up trees by category. At the end of the post I also mention some more truly great trees that did not make the list.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #006600; font-size: 130%;">Largest tree by Volume - General Sherman (Giant Sequoia)</span></div><span style="color: #006600; font-size: 180%;"><br /></span><br /><div class="flickr-frame"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bluephoenix/1473677494/" title="photo sharing"><img alt="" class="flickr-photo" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1397/1473677494_0e6271519b.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bluephoenix/1473677494/">General Sherman</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/bluephoenix/">blueph0enix</a>.</span></div></div>The General Sherman Tree is the largest tree by volume in the world and one of the fastest growing. It belongs to the species <a href="http://tree-species.blogspot.com/2008/03/giant-sequoia-tree-sequoiadendron.html">Sequoiadendron giganteum.</a><br /><ul><li style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://tree-species.blogspot.com/2008/03/giant-sequoia-tree-sequoiadendron.html">Sequoiadendron giganteum</a></li><li>Volume of trunk 52,500 cu. ft. (1,486.6 cu.m.)</li><li>runner-up<a href="http://ten-thousand-trees.blogspot.com/2008/02/general-grant-tree-us-national.html"> General Grant tree</a></li></ul><span style="font-size: 130%;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #006600; font-size: 130%;">Tallest tree - Hyperion (Coastal Redwood)</span></div><span style="color: #006600; font-size: 180%;"><br /></span><br /><div class="flickr-frame"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kenhouseholder/337742838/" title="photo sharing"><img alt="" class="flickr-photo" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/124/337742838_1b66ff3233.jpg" /></a></div><span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kenhouseholder/337742838/">Coastal Redwood Portrait</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/kenhouseholder/">KbH</a>.</span></div><div class="flickr-yourcomment">The <a href="http://tree-species.blogspot.com/2008/03/coastal-redwood-tree-sequoia.html">Coastal Redwood</a> (<a href="http://tree-species.blogspot.com/2008/03/coastal-redwood-tree-sequoia.html">Sequoia Sempervirens</a>) is the tallest <a href="http://tree-species.blogspot.com/">tree species</a> in the world. The tallest actual tree is the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperion_%28tree%29">Hyperion</a> tree which stands at 379 feet tall. Another Tall Coastal Redwood is the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratosphere_Giant">Stratosphere Giant</a> at 112 meters.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #006600; font-size: 130%;">Largest Spread - </span><span style="color: #006600; font-size: 130%;">The Great Banyan (Bengal Fig)</span></div><span style="color: #006600; font-size: 180%;"><br /></span><br /><div class="flickr-frame"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yameza/1322835473/" title="photo sharing"><img alt="" class="flickr-photo" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1425/1322835473_b940cdcd7c.jpg" /></a></div><span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yameza/1322835473/">Great banyan tree</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/yameza/">YamezA</a>.</span></div><div class="flickr-yourcomment">a sign by this tree reads...<br /><br />"The Great <a href="http://tree-species.blogspot.com/2008/02/what-are-banyan-trees.html">Banyan</a> Tree is one of the greatest attractions and landmark of Indian Botanic Garden. The tree, Ficus Benghalensis-L. (family Moraceae) is more than 250 years old and spreaded over an area of about 1.5 hectares with about 2880 proproots.<br />A wonder in the plant kingdom, the tree occupies its possition in the "Guinness Book of World Records" 21.02.05"</div><div class="flickr-frame"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegratz/255528999/" title="photo sharing"><img alt="" class="flickr-photo" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/100/255528999_4ae371f133.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegratz/255528999/">The Great Banyan Tree</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/joegratz/">Joe Gratz</a>.</span></div></div>Although the main trunk of the is tree was removed in 1925 it continues to grow outward and has spread past the fence that was built around it. The highest branch is 24.5 meters tall and the canopy extends over 420 meters in diameter.<br /><ul><li><a href="http://ten-thousand-trees.blogspot.com/2008/02/great-banyan-tree-indian-botanic-garden.html">Great Banyan at Calcutta</a></li><li style="font-style: italic;">Ficus Benghalensis-L</li><li>spread - 3.7 acres (1.5 hectares) with 2880 prop roots<br /></li><li><a href="http://ten-thousand-trees.blogspot.com/2008/01/tree-with-largest-spread-in-world.html">Sai-ngam banyan tree in Thailand</a></li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #006600; font-size: 130%;">Oldest Individual tree - </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #006600; font-size: 130%;">Methuselah (</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="color: #006600;">Bristlecone Pine)<br /><br /></span></span> <br /><div class="flickr-frame"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/38276395@N00/328384567/" title="photo sharing"><img alt="" height="266" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/136/328384567_bc7490f902_m.jpg" style="border: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" width="400" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0pt; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/38276395@N00/328384567/">Two ancient bristlecone pines</a><br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/38276395@N00/">jb18</a></span></div></div><ul><li><span lang="EN-GB">Methuselah tree</span></li><li style="font-style: italic;"><span lang="EN-GB">Pinus longaeva</span></li><li><span lang="EN-GB">age 4,840 years</span></li><li><span lang="EN-GB">(the <a href="http://ten-thousand-trees.blogspot.com/2008/02/jomon-sugi-tree-largest-cedar-in-japan.html">Jomon Sugi tree</a> has been reported to be older (7,200 years) but more conservative estimates date it at 2,200 years old)</span></li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #006600; font-size: 130%;">Largest Girth - Árbol del Tule (Montezuma Cypress)</span></div><br /><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/seabird/3680173273/" title="photo sharing"><img alt="" height="300" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2426/3680173273_bcc1a97507_m.jpg" style="border: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" width="400" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/seabird/3680173273/">El Arbol de Tule</a><br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/seabird/">akseabird</a></span></div><br />The "Arbol del Tule", a Montezuma cypress (Taxodium mucronatum), is claimed to be the tree with the largest diameter in the world. At 11.62 meters its diameter is greater than that of the largest Sequoia tree. The Tule tree is located in Oaxaca, Mexico and is claimed to locals to be the largest tree in the world (by volume and tonnage) although this claim is not scientifically proven. None the less it is a very impressive tree!<br /><ul><li>11.62 meters in diameter<br /></li><li>circumference of 36.2 m</li></ul><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #006600; font-size: 130%;">Greatest Baobab - Sunland Baobab (Adansonia digitata)</span><br /><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oH7YVmRWh-s/R766HtRGlBI/AAAAAAAAAzE/VgjcuHWFhD0/s1600-h/Sunland+Baobab.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="285" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oH7YVmRWh-s/R766HtRGlBI/AAAAAAAAAzE/VgjcuHWFhD0/s400/Sunland+Baobab.jpg" width="400" /></a> </div>The <a href="http://www.bigbaobab.co.za/">Sunland Baobab</a> of Limpopo, South Africa<br /><br />"Big Baobab Tree (Adansonia digitata): This giant and ancient baobab at the Sunland Nursery, between Duiwelskloof and Ga-Kgapane, is the biggest specimen in the world. It has a circumference of 46,8m and carbon dating has determined its age at an astronomical 6000 years." from <a href="http://www.places.co.za/html/tzaneen.html">http://www.places.co.za/html/tzaneen.html</a><br /><br />"When baobabs become a thousand years old, they begin to hollow inside. In the Big Baobab this has resulted in wonderful caverns and caves, where the world famous Baobab Tree Bar and Wine Cellar now amaze visitors. The tree bar can accommodate more than 60 people!"<br />from <a href="http://www.bigbaobab.co.za/">http://www.bigbaobab.co.za/</a><br /><br />see also...<br /><a href="http://arbresvenerables.free.fr/ArbresVenerables/South%20Africa.htm">http://arbresvenerables.free.fr/ArbresVenerables/South%20Africa.htm</a><br /><br /><br />runner-up - Chapman´s Baobab<span style="color: #006600; font-size: 180%;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://philip.greenspun.com/images/200705-botswana-jacks/chapmans-baobab-with-tourist.3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="320" src="http://philip.greenspun.com/images/200705-botswana-jacks/chapmans-baobab-with-tourist.3.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" width="293" /></a><span style="font-size: 85%;">photograph courtesy <a href="http://philip.greenspun.com/">Philip Greenspun</a></span></div><span lang="EN-GB"><br />In Botswana´s Kalarari Desert near the Makgadikgadi Pans (once a very immense inland lake in <st1:place st="on">Africa</st1:place>) is a very large tree that goes by the name “Chapman´s Baobab”. In was named by a South African explorer by the name of James Chapman in 1861 when he was on an expedition with his brother and Thomas Baines. This tree is about <st1:metricconverter productid="25 meters" st="on">25 meters</st1:metricconverter> in circumference at its base (Baobab trees swell with water when it rains which makes trunk measurements difficult as they very from season to season). From what I have found I think that this is the second largest Baobab after the “Sunland Baobab in <st1:place st="on">Limpopo</st1:place> which has a circumference of <st1:metricconverter productid="46.8 meters" st="on">46.8 meters</st1:metricconverter>.</span>The tree is reputed to be between 4,000 and 6,000 years old.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">here is the same tree from another angle...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/11/94556717_23f803a6e2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/11/94556717_23f803a6e2.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><span style="font-size: 78%;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gpparker/94556717/">old baobab tree </a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gpparker/">redandgrey</a></span></div><span style="color: #006600; font-size: 180%;"><br /><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #006600; font-size: 130%;">Tallest Flowering Tree - Centurion (Mountain Ash)</span></div><span style="color: #006600; font-size: 180%;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://gianttrees.com.au/images/trees/Centurion.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://gianttrees.com.au/images/trees/Centurion.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 400px;" /></a></div><br /><div style="clear: left; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #006600; font-size: 130%;">Largest and oldest clonal colony - Pando Quacking Aspen</span></div><span style="color: #006600; font-size: 180%;"><br /></span><a href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/231/450088523_42e052d047.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/231/450088523_42e052d047.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>The Pando tree is a "clonal colony" which means that this whole grove is one living organism that sends up multiple "stems". Each of what we would consider one "tree" is just a part of this giant living organism. These individual "stems" sprout grow to maturity and eventually age and die and fall over but the organism that they are a part of lives on. The largest known clonal colony is this forest of quacking aspens in Colorado that is estimated to have 40,000 stems and to be as old as 80,000 years.<br /><ul><li style="font-style: italic;">Populus tremuloides</li><li>107 acres (43 hectares) and approx 47,000 stems</li><li>(Clonal colonies are groupings of "trees" (in reality stems) that are all part of a single living organism)</li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #006600; font-size: 130%;">Most Revered tree - Sri Maha Bodhi (<span style="font-style: italic;">Sacred Fig Bo, Bodhi, Pipal</span>)</span></div><span style="color: #006600; font-size: 180%;"><br /></span><img alt="" src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/Daniel/CONFIG%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot.jpg" /><img alt="" src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/Daniel/CONFIG%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot-1.jpg" /> <br /><div class="flickr-frame"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/getdown/91325296/" title="photo sharing"><img alt="" class="flickr-photo" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/16/91325296_525cc4ef50.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/getdown/91325296/">Sri Maha Bodhi, Anuradhapura</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/getdown/">get down</a>.</span></div></div><ul><li>Sri Maha Bodhi (Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka)</li><li style="font-style: italic;">Ficus religiosa</li><li>Propagated from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodhi_tree">Bodhi tree</a></li><li>A descendant of the tree under which Buddha is thought to have received his enlightenment.</li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #006600; font-size: 130%;">Most Resistant tree - "The Tree of Life"</span></div><span style="color: #006600; font-size: 180%;"><br /></span> <br /><div class="flickr-frame"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/solvo/128768971/" title="photo sharing"><img alt="" class="flickr-photo" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/56/128768971_bca0f8732a.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/solvo/128768971/">The famous Tree of Life</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/solvo/">solvo</a>.</span></div></div><div class="flickr-yourcomment">Out in the middle of a vast desert in Bahrain there stands a tree that is popularly called the "Tree of Life". It is a solitary splash of green in a vast ocean of sand. It is believed to be a 400 year old "Mesquite"(??) tree and is located about 2 kilometers from Jebel Dukhan. According to local legend this tree stands in the exact spot of the Biblical garden of eden.</div><div class="flickr-yourcomment">Here is a picture of this tree as seen from Space...</div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oH7YVmRWh-s/SGNouRq0zuI/AAAAAAAABrw/beIK0gaykSo/s1600-h/treeoflife_fromspace.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="305" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216127937651461858" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oH7YVmRWh-s/SGNouRq0zuI/AAAAAAAABrw/beIK0gaykSo/s400/treeoflife_fromspace.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="400" /></a><br /><div class="flickr-yourcomment"></div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oH7YVmRWh-s/SGNouRq0zuI/AAAAAAAABrw/beIK0gaykSo/s1600-h/treeoflife_fromspace.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><br /><ul><li><a href="http://ten-thousand-trees.blogspot.com/2008/01/tree-of-life-in-bajhrain.html">The Tree of Life</a> (Bahrain)</li><li>Located out in the desert 1.2 miles (two kilometers) from the Jebel Dukhan</li><li>Source of water unknown<br /></li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #006600; font-size: 130%;">Most Important in History - Cedar of Lebanon</span></div><span style="color: #006600; font-size: 180%;"><br /></span> <br /><div class="flickr-frame"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/charlesfred/100083847/" title="photo sharing"><img alt="" class="flickr-photo" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/41/100083847_9de945d7d7.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="flickr-caption" style="font-size: 78%;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/charlesfred/100083847/">A cedar of Lebanon</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/charlesfred/">CharlesFred</a>.</span></div></div><div class="flickr-yourcomment">This large Lebanese cedar tree stands on Mount Lebanon and is a fine example of the tree that is the symbol and pride of the country. This tree species (Cedrus Libani) should not be confused however with what are commonly called “Cedar” trees in the United States. The Cedars of Lebanon have been trees of renown for thousands of years. The wood of this tree was used by Solomon in the construction of the temple that he built in Jerusalem.</div><ul><li><a href="http://ten-thousand-trees.blogspot.com/2008/02/cedars-of-lebanon.html">Cedars of Lebanon</a></li><li><a href="http://tree-species.blogspot.com/2007/11/cedar-of-lebanon.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Cedrus libani</span></a><br /></li><li>Mentioned in many ancient texts such as the Bible and the Koran</li><li>Important to many ancient civilizations such as the Babylonians, Egyptians, Hebrews, Arabs etc.</li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #006600; font-size: 130%;">Greatest "Living Fossil" tree - Dragon tree</span></div><span style="color: #006600; font-size: 180%;"><br /></span> <br /><div class="flickr-frame"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/booshank/247781027/" title="photo sharing"><img alt="" class="flickr-photo" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/92/247781027_988272a7aa.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/booshank/247781027/">The dragon tree at Icod</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/booshank/">126 Club</a>.</span></div></div><div class="flickr-yourcomment">I had the good fortune to be able to visit this increadible tree back in 1994. They say that this tree (Draceana draco) is over 1000 years old. It is located in the Canary Islands, on the Island of Tenerife in the town of Icod. These Dragon trees (sometimes called Dragon's blood trees for the red color of their sap) grow wild only in the Canary Islands but have been planted in many other places such as California, Australia, Spain, etc. (in places where the temps don't go sub freezing).</div><ul><li>El Drago Milenari (Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spanish Canary Islands)<a href="http://ten-thousand-trees.blogspot.com/2008/01/largest-dragon-tree-icod.html"><br /></a></li><li style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://tree-species.blogspot.com/2007/12/dragon-tree-dracaena-draco.html">Dracaena draco</a></li><li>over 1000 years old</li></ul>More trees of renown...<br /><a href="http://ten-thousand-trees.blogspot.com/2008/02/ancient-olive-tree-garden-of-gethsemane.html">Garden of Gethsemane Olive trees</a><br /><a href="http://ten-thousand-trees.blogspot.com/2008/01/oldest-tree-in-europe-fortingall-yew.html">Fortingall Yew</a><br /><a href="http://ten-thousand-trees.blogspot.com/2008/01/tane-mahuta-largest-tree-in-new-zealand.html">Tane Mahuta</a><br /><a href="http://ten-thousand-trees.blogspot.com/2008/01/te-matua-ngahere-2nd-largest-new.html">Te Matua Ngahere</a><br /><a href="http://ten-thousand-trees.blogspot.com/2008/03/grandidier-baobab-adansonia-grandidieri.html"> Grandidier's Baobab</a><br /><a href="http://ten-thousand-trees.blogspot.com/2008/02/giant-java-willow-tree.html">Giant Java Willow<br /></a><a href="http://ten-thousand-trees.blogspot.com/2008/02/meiji-shrine-wishing-tree.html">Meiji Shrine Wishing tree</a>Dannoreply@blogger.com96tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8130921216215842558.post-13033842638592334072008-05-05T09:03:00.001-07:002008-05-05T09:04:39.098-07:00Muir Woods Sequoia trees - California<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/spoinknet/364924941/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/180/364924941_dba4a05eba.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/spoinknet/364924941/">IMG_7091</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/spoinknet/">Jared Zimmerman</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> The Muir woods is a stand of ancient Sequoia trees located just north of San Fransisco in California. It is probably the Sequoia area that is closest to a major urban center.<br /><br />It is also a place were you can go to practice your "First Amendment" rights! I´ll bet you did not know that there were only select places such as this were you are free to practice your constitutional rights (as a US citizen that is). Hmm, I wonder who thought up this sign?</p><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mccord/41589160/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/24/41589160_8b0880d201.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mccord/41589160/">1st Amendment Over Here</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/mccord/">Lance McCord</a>.</span></div>Dannoreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8130921216215842558.post-45760908313923216052008-04-13T00:25:00.001-07:002008-04-13T00:29:56.715-07:00Old Spruce trees in Sweden<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomhe/35535587/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/30/35535587_9a8968cc59.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomhe/35535587/">Young and Old</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/tomhe/">tomhe</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> Researchers in Sweden have discovered group of old Spruce trees in dalarna with an 5,000-8,000 year old root system (clonal colony). While the individual Spruce trees may only be only several hundred years old the root system they are "sprouting" up from lives on. Original story found at...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.thelocal.se/11054.html">http://www.thelocal.se/11054.html</a></p>Dannoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8130921216215842558.post-76073985476080207832008-03-29T13:02:00.001-07:002008-06-04T06:56:47.081-07:00Tallest Coastal Redwood in England<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/marktranchant/530292866/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1094/530292866_cc6b3db0c9.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/marktranchant/530292866/">Sequoia</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/marktranchant/">4StringsGood</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> This <a href="http://tree-species.blogspot.com/2008/03/coastal-redwood-tree-sequoia.html">Coastal Redwood tree</a> was planted in 1859 and is more than 50 meters tall. It is located in the New Forest of Rhinefield.</p>Dannoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8130921216215842558.post-72096962106153399512008-03-29T06:19:00.001-07:002008-06-04T06:57:10.771-07:00Coastal Redwood - Tallest trees in the world<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kenhouseholder/337742838/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/124/337742838_1b66ff3233.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /><span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kenhouseholder/337742838/">Coastal Redwood Portrait</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/kenhouseholder/">KbH</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> The <a href="http://tree-species.blogspot.com/2008/03/coastal-redwood-tree-sequoia.html">Coastal Redwood</a> (<a href="http://tree-species.blogspot.com/2008/03/coastal-redwood-tree-sequoia.html">Sequoia Sempervirens</a>) is the tallest <a href="http://tree-species.blogspot.com/">tree species</a> in the world. The tallest actual tree is the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperion_%28tree%29">Hyperion</a> tree which stands at 379 feet tall. Another Tall Coastal Redwood is the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratosphere_Giant">Stratosphere Giant</a> at 112 meters.</p>Dannoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8130921216215842558.post-37653920004708104332008-03-27T08:32:00.001-07:002008-03-27T08:36:41.268-07:00Big Sitka Spruce in the Hoh Rain Forest<style type="text/css">flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rwhitlock/2363080440/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2053/2363080440_30de088603.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rwhitlock/2363080440/">Big Sitka Spruce</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/rwhitlock/">Robert Whitlock</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> Rain Forest Monarch<br /><br />The temperate rain forest is dominated by Sitka spruce, Except where it penetrates valleys such as the Hoh, the Sitka grows along a narrow coastal strip from northern California to Alaska.<br /><br />High rainfall, fog, and ocean-moderated temperatures create optimum growing conditions for these monarchs. This is one of the largest Sitka spurce trees in the United States.<br /><br />Height over 270 feet<br />Diameter at breast height over 12 ½ feet<br />Age 500 to 550 years<br /><br />At dawn and dust be alert for elk crossing the road.<br /><br />***************************************************<br /></p><p class="flickr-yourcomment"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1001/871068121_fda6eba87e.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1001/871068121_fda6eba87e.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></p><p class="flickr-yourcomment">The Hoh Rain Forest is located in the Olympic National Forest of Western Washington</p>Dannoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8130921216215842558.post-29914641326204552202008-03-27T08:12:00.001-07:002008-03-27T08:17:30.891-07:00Pando tree - Aspen clonal colony<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/231/450088523_42e052d047.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/231/450088523_42e052d047.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>The Pando tree is a "clonal colony" which means that this whole grove is one living organism that sends up multiple "stems". Each of what we would consider one "tree" is just a part of this giant living organism. These individual "stems" sprout grow to maturity and eventually age and die and fall over but the organism that they are a part of lives on. The largest known clonal colony is this forest of quacking aspens in Colorado that is estimated to have 40,000 stems and to be as old as 80,000 years.Dannoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8130921216215842558.post-48565844149183455872008-03-27T08:06:00.001-07:002008-03-29T06:08:27.552-07:00The Eik Cedar.<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gak/1603861532/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2319/1603861532_54bf478b28.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gak/1603861532/">Eik Cedar.</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/gak/">gak</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment">This 800 year old tree is a popular attraction in the small town of <a href="http://www.britishcolumbia.com/regions/towns/?townID=28">Tofino</a> on the west side of Vancouver Island. Local residents and arborists have rigged a series of cables and supports to <a href="http://www.island.net/%7Ecablecin/frameset2.htm">keep the tree standing</a>. I´ve been unable to determine if this tree is a Western Red Cedar or a Port Orford Cedar.<br /></p>Dannoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8130921216215842558.post-51352691964556124062008-03-21T14:35:00.001-07:002008-03-23T15:43:29.746-07:00Grandidier's Baobab - Adansonia grandidieri<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rietje/559600434/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1395/559600434_92f8cd9a0f.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rietje/559600434/">Morondava</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/rietje/">Rita Willaert</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> Grandidier's Baobab is one of only eight species of Baobabs in the world. Of these eight, six are found only in Madagascar, one in Africa and one in Australia. The Grandidier Baobab is the largest and tallest of the Madagascar Baobabs.</p>Dannoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8130921216215842558.post-41171681999731830822008-03-14T22:46:00.001-07:002008-03-14T22:47:53.246-07:00Buddha head in a tree at Wat Mahatat, Ayutthaya<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/zimmel/151812048/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/49/151812048_27a66d4b32.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/zimmel/151812048/">Wat Mahatat, Ayutthaya</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/zimmel/">Zimmelino</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> This tree is famous not in and of itself but rather for the Buddha's head that is rather firmly lodged in it's tangled roots. It is told that in 1767 the Burmese attacked and destroyed Ayatthuya. In the process they chopped of the heads of all of the Buddha statues. This particular head must have fallen among the prop roots of a bodhi tree. Over the centuries the roots have grown around the head in such a way that almost seems intentional.</p><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dhess/383704872/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/178/383704872_0e86a3c154.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dhess/383704872/">Buddha head in tree, Wat Mahatat, Ayutthaya</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/dhess/">dhess</a>.</span></div>Dannoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8130921216215842558.post-45339660282844415162008-03-14T22:29:00.001-07:002008-03-14T22:30:18.646-07:00Cucumber tree<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tatterh00d/110250085/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/51/110250085_ff3b770f20.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tatterh00d/110250085/">Dave lending a sense of scale</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/tatterh00d/">TATTERH00D</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> Magnolia Acuminata<br /><br />Commonly called<br />“Cucumber tree”<br /><br />One legend says that Thomas Shore, the owner of violet bank, planted this tree from a slip given to him by Thomas Jefferson.<br /><br />General Robert E. Lee was camped here on the morning of July 30, 1864 and heard the explosion of the crater.<br /><br />(from a sign near the tree)</p><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tatterh00d/110250330/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/43/110250330_920a0beab0.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tatterh00d/110250330/">The legend.</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/tatterh00d/">TATTERH00D</a>.</span></div>Dannoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8130921216215842558.post-50011630166198263692008-02-22T15:22:00.001-08:002008-02-22T15:24:47.313-08:00The Late Lone Tree of Tenere<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alihodza/360904867/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/148/360904867_f1a4005047.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alihodza/360904867/">tree_of_tenere_1</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/alihodza/">Alihodza</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> "The <a href="http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=772">Tree of Ténéré</a>, was a solitary acacia, of either Acacia raddiana or Acacia tortilus, that was once considered the most isolated tree on Earth — the only one within more than 400 km. It was a landmark on caravan routes through the Ténéré region of the Sahara in northeast Niger — so well known that it is the only tree to be shown on a map at a scale of 1:4,000,000...It was the last surviving tree of a group of trees that grew when the desert was less parched than it is today. The tree had stood alone for decades. During the winter of 1938–1939 a well was dug near the tree and it was found that the roots of the tree reached the water table 33–36 meters below the surface."<br /><br />from <a href="from%20http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbre_du_T%C3%A9n%C3%A9r%C3%A9">wikipedia.org/</a></p>Dannoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8130921216215842558.post-87725670320932480812008-02-22T11:22:00.001-08:002008-03-10T15:01:54.949-07:00The George Bush Sequoia Tree<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alonzo/1415697245/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1089/1415697245_5aeeb6321c.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /><span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alonzo/1415697245/">CIMG0775.JPG</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/alonzo/">alonzoD</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> An engraving at this tree reads….<br /><br />“This <a href="http://tree-species.blogspot.com/2008/03/giant-sequoia-tree-sequoiadendron.html">giant sequoia tree</a> is designated the George Bush Tree in celebration of the President´s action at this site on July 14, 1992 to manage Giant Sequoia in perpetuity as unique objects of beauty and antiquity for the benefit and inspiration of all people.”<br />Sequoia National Forest</p><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alonzo/1416572238/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1173/1416572238_89b5e9d77b.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /><span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alonzo/1416572238/">CIMG0774.JPG</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/alonzo/">alonzoD</a>.<br /><br /></span> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">This tree is located along the Freeman Creek Trail that cuts through Freeman Creek Grove.<span style=""> </span>This grove is part of the Giant Sequoia National Monument in the Southern Sierra Nevada Mountians. <span style=""> </span>It is a wilderness area of Sequoia´s that have never been logged. The area is popular with <a href="http://www.mountainbikebill.com/FreemanGrove.htm">mountainbikers</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">The George Bush referred to here is George Herbert Walker Bush (b.1924) not George Walker Bush (b. 1946) the current president of the United States of America.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div>Dannoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8130921216215842558.post-48718234956820196932008-02-22T04:03:00.000-08:002008-12-10T07:35:10.835-08:00Largest Baobab in the world<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oH7YVmRWh-s/R766HtRGlBI/AAAAAAAAAzE/VgjcuHWFhD0/s1600-h/Sunland+Baobab.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oH7YVmRWh-s/R766HtRGlBI/AAAAAAAAAzE/VgjcuHWFhD0/s400/Sunland+Baobab.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div>The <a href="http://www.bigbaobab.co.za/">Sunland Baobab</a> of Limpopo, South Africa<br /><br />"Big Baobab Tree (Adansonia digitata): This giant and ancient baobab at the Sunland Nursery, between Duiwelskloof and Ga-Kgapane, is the biggest specimen in the world. It has a circumference of 46,8m and carbon dating has determined its age at an astronomical 6000 years." from <a href="http://www.places.co.za/html/tzaneen.html">http://www.places.co.za/html/tzaneen.html</a><br /><br />"When baobabs become a thousand years old, they begin to hollow inside. In the Big Baobab this has resulted in wonderful caverns and caves, where the world famous Baobab Tree Bar and Wine Cellar now amaze visitors. The tree bar can accommodate more than 60 people!"<br />from <a href="http://www.bigbaobab.co.za/">http://www.bigbaobab.co.za/</a><br /><br />see also...<br /><a href="http://arbresvenerables.free.fr/ArbresVenerables/South%20Africa.htm">http://arbresvenerables.free.fr/ArbresVenerables/South%20Africa.htm</a>Dannoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8130921216215842558.post-66877078430879556022008-02-21T10:09:00.000-08:002008-02-21T10:27:36.025-08:00Chapman´s Baobab - botswana<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://philip.greenspun.com/images/200705-botswana-jacks/chapmans-baobab-with-tourist.3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://philip.greenspun.com/images/200705-botswana-jacks/chapmans-baobab-with-tourist.3.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">photograph courtesy <a href="http://philip.greenspun.com/">Philip Greenspun</a></span><br /></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">In Botswana´s Kalarari Desert near the Makgadikgadi Pans (once a very immense inland lake in <st1:place st="on">Africa</st1:place>) is a very large tree that goes by the name “Chapman´s Baobab”.<span style=""> </span>In was named by a South African explorer by the name of James Chapman in 1861 when he was on an expedition with his brother and Thomas Baines.<span style=""> </span>This tree is about <st1:metricconverter productid="25 meters" st="on">25 meters</st1:metricconverter> in circumference at its base (Baobab trees swell with water when it rains which makes trunk measurements difficult as they very from season to season). <span style=""> </span>From what I have found I think that this is the second largest Baobab after the “Sunland Baobab in <st1:place st="on">Limpopo</st1:place> which has a circumference of <st1:metricconverter productid="46.8 meters" st="on">46.8 meters</st1:metricconverter>.</span></p>The tree is reputed to be between 4,000 and 6,000 years old.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">here is the same tree from another angle...<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/11/94556717_23f803a6e2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/11/94556717_23f803a6e2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gpparker/94556717/">old baobab tree </a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gpparker/">redandgrey</a></span><br /></div>Dannoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8130921216215842558.post-65497915410263151042008-02-19T14:33:00.001-08:002008-03-06T14:33:51.886-08:00Monkey Puzzle tree at Chatsworth House<div class="flickr-frame"><a title="photo sharing" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chocoadicta/2264024144/"><img class="flickr-photo" alt="" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2075/2264024144_52ef786585.jpg" /></a><br /><span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chocoadicta/2264024144/">ch_20070823_01363</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/chocoadicta/">chocoadicta</a>.</span></div><p class="flickr-yourcomment">Located on the grounds of a large famouns English country house is a large <a href="http://tree-species.blogspot.com/2008/03/monkey-puzzle-tree-araucaria-araucana.html">Monkey Puzzle tree</a> (Araucaria araucana). The estate, located in Derbyshire, is called Chatsworth House and is the home of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire. One of this house´s many claims to fame is that it was used as “Pemberley” in the 2005 film version of Jane Austen´s Pride and Prejudice. This Monkey tree can be found along a path just east of the maze and west of Morton pond. Use the map as at this<a href="http://www.chatsworth.org/pdf/housegardenplan_christmas07.pdf"> link</a> to find this great tree.<br /></p>Dannoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8130921216215842558.post-39744822092319438012008-02-19T08:25:00.001-08:002008-02-19T08:30:51.976-08:00The "Big Tree" in Goose Island State Park<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/16/21031100_e262bd7ce8.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/16/21031100_e262bd7ce8.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jremigio/21031100/in/set-209076/">the Big Tree</a> originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jremigio/">Broken Piggy Bank</a></span><br /></div><br />The "Big Tree" at Goose Island State Park was named the State Champion Coastal Live Oak (Quercus virginiana) in 1969, and is thought to be one of the largest in the nation.<br /><br />Trunk Circumference: 35 feet 1 and 3/4 inches or 10.71 meters<br />Average Trunk Diameter: 11 feet 2 and 1/4 inch or 3.41 meters<br />Crown Spread: 89 feet or 27.1 meters<br />Height: 44 feet or 13.4 meters<br />Age: In excess of 1,000 years<br /><br />info found in...<br /><a href="http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/goose_island/big_tree.phtm">http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/goose_island/big_tree.phtm</a>lDannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8130921216215842558.post-49041290913437765542008-02-18T12:43:00.001-08:002008-02-18T13:17:16.755-08:00The Sai Gnam Banyan tree<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/g-hat/233346424/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/83/233346424_0be520bb03.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/g-hat/233346424/">Twisty!</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/g-hat/">g-hat</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> Outside of Phimai, Thailand's is one of the oldest and largest <a href="http://tree-species.blogspot.com/2008/02/what-are-banyan-trees.html">Banyan trees</a> in Southeast Asia. It is called "<a href="http://eyeteeth.blogspot.com/2008/02/beautiful-banyan.html">Sai Ngam</a>" which means beautiful Banyan.<br /><br />There are numerous fortune tellers and vendors that work in the tree as if it was a great bit covered market. You can purchase fish or eels to release in order to give you good fortune and prosperity. This sacred tree is one of the more popular attractions in the area.</p><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carsten_tb/199121947/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/64/199121947_59d216a250.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carsten_tb/199121947/">Blessed mangrove</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/carsten_tb/">10b travelling</a>.</span></div>Dannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8130921216215842558.post-57380364692836222302008-02-18T08:20:00.001-08:002008-02-18T08:27:55.870-08:00Giant Java Willow Tree<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dreamingofcalifornia/38206369/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/29/38206369_312f71a5bf.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /><span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dreamingofcalifornia/38206369/">Java Tree</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/dreamingofcalifornia/">Undercover Nerd</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> This is the Giant Java Fig tree in the Royal Botanic Gardens,<br />Peradeniya, south east of Kandy, Sri Lanka.<br /><br />A sign at the base of this tree reads...<br /><br />(Java Fig) (Moraceae)<br />species -<a href="http://tree-species.blogspot.com/2007/12/ficus-benjamina.html"> Ficus Benjamina</a><br />This is a large handsome tree indigenous to Malayasia and introcuded to Sri Lanka in 1861. The specimen here is over 100 years old and has spread over an area of about 2420 sq. meters.</p><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulmannix/314066175/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/120/314066175_20888fcdf9.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /><span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulmannix/314066175/">Enormous fig tree, Peradeniya Botanical Garden, Sri Lanka</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/paulmannix/">Paul Mannix</a>.</span></div>Dannoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8130921216215842558.post-29142879299130819832008-02-18T07:54:00.001-08:002008-02-18T08:25:53.592-08:00Banyan tree - Maui, Hawaii<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fraleigh/371202015/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/167/371202015_b6c7efc99e.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fraleigh/371202015/">Maui - The Road to Hana - return journey</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/fraleigh/">Gypsy and The Fool</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> Banyan tree at the Haleakala National Park Kipahulu Headquarters - Oheo Gulch &amp; Seven Sacred Pools</p>Dannoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8130921216215842558.post-28123220600276200372008-02-17T07:35:00.001-08:002008-02-22T04:27:39.325-08:00The Joshua Tree<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yathin/2236954781/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2015/2236954781_d62c4cb5ba.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /><span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yathin/2236954781/">Joshua Tree</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/yathin/">yathin</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> Species name - Yucca brevifolia<br /><br />Location – Southwestern United States (Southern California and Arizona)<br /></p><p class="flickr-yourcomment">Max. age - up to 250 years.</p><p class="flickr-yourcomment">Max. height 15 meters</p><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/66197572@N00/2170524921/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2037/2170524921_6079d306af.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /><span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/66197572@N00/2170524921/">rock trees bike</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/66197572@N00/">Katherine H</a>.</span></div><p class="flickr-yourcomment">Joshua Tree National park named after this tree. Within the park the Mojave desert is the prime habitat of the Joshua tree. Pollinated by the Yucca moth which lays its eggs in the trees flower.</p>These trees were made famous by the fact that the rock gr0up "U2" named one of their best selling albums after them (The Joshua Tree). On the sleeve of the album was a picture of a Joshua tree that became a popular tree to visit as a result. It can no longer be visited however as it fell over and died some years back (2000?)<br /><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cobalt/415330273/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/187/415330273_8a5de8d94f.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /><span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cobalt/415330273/">Joshua Tree Full Bloom from Zoom</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/cobalt/">cobalt123</a>.</span></div><p class="flickr-yourcomment">The name “Joshua tree” was given by Mormon settlers who likened the trees branches to a Biblical story of Joshua’s arms being raised to keep the sun from setting so that a battle could be won during the daylight.<br /><br />The Cahuilla Native Americans use this tree for as a source of material for crafts and also as a source of food from the seeds.<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_tree</p><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jweiss3/2229063710/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2300/2229063710_6662b4ce56.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /><span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jweiss3/2229063710/">Joshua Tree Branch</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/jweiss3/">john w</a>.</span></div>Dannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8130921216215842558.post-61354230670406074602008-02-16T02:04:00.001-08:002008-03-10T15:02:46.844-07:00General Grant Tree - The US National Christmas tree<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/papa_rotzi/2263047981/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2281/2263047981_b2c4565c9f.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /><span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/papa_rotzi/2263047981/">Nations Xmas Tree General Grant</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/papa_rotzi/">papa rotzi</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> The General Grant tree is the third largest tree in the world and the second largest of the<a href="http://tree-species.blogspot.com/2008/03/giant-sequoia-tree-sequoiadendron.html"> Giant Sequoias</a>.<br /><br />In 1867 it was names after General Ulysses S. Grant who later became the 18th President of the United States.<br /><br />In 1962 US President Calvin Coolidge proclaimed this tree the “National Christmas Tree”.<br /><br />In 1956 US President Dwight D. Eisenhower gave the tree the designation of “National Shrine” as a memorial to all those lost in war.<br /><br />Height 81 meters<br />Diameter 8.85 meters<br />Circumference at base 32.8 meters<br />Estimated age 1,650 years<br />Volume 47,850 cubic feet<br /><br />Links..<br />http://www.sequoia.national-park.com/info.htm<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Grant_tree</p>Dannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8130921216215842558.post-41627950537649271862008-02-14T14:45:00.001-08:002008-02-15T15:23:54.247-08:00Acacia Tree on the African savanna<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kb-a/2263687552/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2247/2263687552_d8d17f9417.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kb-a/2263687552/">Under the Acacia Tree</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/kb-a/">TangoPango</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> The mounds that can be seen in this picture or terminte hills. the big cats are using this termite hill in front of the Acacia tree as a lookout to locate new prey. Notice the vulture up on top of the Acacia. This tree looks as if it has witnessed a good many scenes of preditor and prey.</p>Dannoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8130921216215842558.post-59970230307782876122008-02-12T07:54:00.001-08:002008-02-15T15:26:10.252-08:00The Great banyan tree - Indian Botanic Garden<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yameza/1322835473/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1425/1322835473_b940cdcd7c.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /><span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yameza/1322835473/">Great banyan tree</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/yameza/">YamezA</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> a sign by this tree reads...<br /><br />"The Great <a href="http://tree-species.blogspot.com/2008/02/what-are-banyan-trees.html">Banyan</a> Tree is one of the greatest attractions and landmark of Indian Botanic Garden. The tree, Ficus Benghalensis-L. (family Moraceae) is more than 250 years old and spreaded over an area of about 1.5 hectares with about 2880 proproots.<br />A wonder in the plant kingdom, the tree occupies its possition in the "Guinness Book of World Records" 21.02.05"<br /></p><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegratz/255528999/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/100/255528999_4ae371f133.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /><span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegratz/255528999/">The Great Banyan Tree</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/joegratz/">Joe Gratz</a>.</span><br /></div><p class="flickr-yourcomment">Although the main trunk of the is tree was removed in 1925 it continues to grow outward and has spread past the fence that was built around it. The highest branch is 24.5 meters tall and the canopy extends over 420 meters in diameter.<br /></p><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegratz/255528991/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/108/255528991_6eb6e5d412.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /><span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegratz/255528991/">The Great Banyan Tree</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/joegratz/">Joe Gratz</a>.</span><br /></div><p class="flickr-yourcomment">This <a href="http://tree-species.blogspot.com/">tree</a> is located in Kolkata (Calcutta) which is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal.</p>Dannoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8130921216215842558.post-67736683285394527582008-02-11T07:10:00.001-08:002008-03-10T15:00:47.167-07:00General Sherman - largest tree in the world<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bluephoenix/1473677494/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1397/1473677494_0e6271519b.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /><span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bluephoenix/1473677494/">General Sherman</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/bluephoenix/">blueph0enix</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> The General Sherman Tree is the largest tree by volume in the world and one of the fastest growing. It belongs to the species <a href="http://tree-species.blogspot.com/2008/03/giant-sequoia-tree-sequoiadendron.html">Sequoiadendron giganteum.<br /></a></p><br /><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pravisas3/441744308/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/209/441744308_7fd7cee23f.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /><span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pravisas3/441744308/">The General Sherman Tree - Biggest Living thing on Earth!!</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/pravisas3/">ravisastry</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> This sign reads…<br /><br />GENERAL SHERMAN TREE<br />LARGEST LIVING THING ON EARTH<br /><br />“The General Sherman Tree stands as the ultimate example of the growth potential of a giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum). Other types of trees are taller, or thicker at the base, but not other living thing on this planet exceeds the volume of this giant sequoia. The General Sherman Tree owes its immense size not to great age (many other sequoias are older) but rather to its very rapid growth rate. For over two thousand years this tree has survived numerous fires, climatic change and even the coming of modern man. Today it remains not only the world’s largest living thing, but also one of the fastest growing.”<br /><br />Estimated Age 2,300 – 2,700 years<br />Estimated Wight of trunk 1385 t. (1256 m.t. )<br />Height Above Base 274.9 ft (83.8 meters)<br />Circumference as Ground 102.6 ft. (31.3 meters)<br />Maximum diameter at base 36.5 ft. (11.1 meters)<br />Diameter 60 ft. above ground 17.5 ft (5.3 meters)<br />Diameter 180 ft. above ground 14.0 ft. (4.3 meters)<br />Diameter of largest branch 6.8 ft. (2.1 meters)<br />Height of First large branch 130 ft. (39.6 meters)<br />Volume of trunk 52,500 cu. ft. (1,486.6 cu.m.)</p><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/justinm/444975377/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/220/444975377_53fdcf2f46.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /><span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/justinm/444975377/">General Sherman Tree</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/justinm/">justinm</a>.</span></div>Dannoreply@blogger.com1